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Europe scrambles to revive diplomatic efforts after U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites

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73% Informative

Iran launches missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar .

Calls for Tehran to enter talks with Washington appear to fall on deaf ears.

Iran reaches out to Russia for support instead, sending Iran 's foreign minister to the Kremlin .

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said “the concerns of retaliation and this war escalating are huge”.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was “somewhat optimistic’ that the conflict would not widen.

He said Iran ’s response so far has been far short “of what we had to fear” Merz cautioned that “it doesn’t have to stay that way”.

VR Score

76

Informative language

75

Neutral language

60

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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